Section 142E. For the protection of persons exposed to possible injury by any material or substance which in the joint opinion of the departments of labor and workforce development and of public health, acting pursuant to sections one hundred and forty-two A and one hundred and forty-two B, is so hazardous to health as to warrant regulation, the director of labor and workforce development and the commissioner of public health, acting jointly, may by reasonable rules and regulations require such reports as they may deem advisable covering the manufacture, sale, receipt, possession or use of any such material or substance.